2021 USL League One season

USL League One
Season	2021
Dates	April 10 – October 30 (regular season); November 6–20 (playoffs)
Champions	Union Omaha (1st Title)
Regular season title	Union Omaha; (1st Title)
Matches	172
Goals	456 (2.65 per match)
Best player	Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers
Top goalscorer	Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers; (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Akira Fitzgerald Richmond Kickers
Biggest home win	GVL 4–0 NTX; (May 1); FTL 5–1 TUC; (May 16); NCA 4–0 RIC; (July 21); NTX 4–0 NCA; (August 14)
Biggest away win	TRM 0–4 OMA; (October 1)
Highest scoring	FTL 4–4 TRM; (October 10)
Longest winning run	5 matches; RIC
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; CHA
Longest winless run	8 matches; GVL
Longest losing run	4 matches; MAD; GVL; NCA; TRM; TUC
	← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of October 30, 2021 (regular season only).

The 2021 USL League One season was the third season of USL League One. The regular season began on April 10 and ended on October 30, 2021.^[1] The playoffs was held from November 6 to 20, 2021.

Season2021

DatesApril 10 – October 30 (regular season)
November 6–20 (playoffs)

ChampionsUnion Omaha (1st Title)

Regular season titleUnion Omaha
(1st Title)

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North Carolina FC joined the league for this season, after leaving the USL Championship in what the team called a "strategic move" to enhance its youth development pathway.^[2]

Greenville Triumph SC were the defending champions on both regular season and playoffs. Union Omaha took both titles to won their first League One regular season and championship titles.

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Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	MLS associate	Jersey manufacturer	Jersey sponsor
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Chattanooga, Tennessee	CHI Memorial Stadium	5,000	Jimmy Obleda		Adidas	Transcard
Fort Lauderdale CF	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	DRV PNK Stadium	19,000	Darren Powell	Inter Miami CF	Adidas
Forward Madison FC	Madison, Wisconsin	Breese Stevens Field	5,000	Carl Craig	Chicago Fire FC	Hummel	Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC	Greenville, South Carolina	Legacy Early College Field	4,000	John Harkes		Hummel	Scansource
New England Revolution II	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium	20,000	Clint Peay	New England Revolution	Adidas	UnitedHealthcare
North Carolina FC	Cary, North Carolina	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000	John Bradford		Adidas	WakeMed
North Texas SC	Arlington, Texas	Choctaw Stadium	48,114	Eric Quill	FC Dallas	Adidas	AdvoCare
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium	22,611	Darren Sawatzky		Adidas	Ukrop's
South Georgia Tormenta FC	Statesboro, Georgia	Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park	3,500	Ian Cameron		Adidas	Optim Healthcare
Toronto FC II	Toronto, Ontario	Grande Sports World^[3] Osceola County Stadium ^[A] BMO Training Ground^[4]	Various	Mike Muñoz	Toronto FC	Adidas	BMO
FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona	Kino Sports Complex	3,500	Jon Pearlman		Puma
Union Omaha	Papillion, Nebraska	Werner Park	9,023	Jay Mims		Nike	XCancer

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Forward Madison FC	Daryl Shore	Mutual separation	October 27, 2020^[5]	Carl Craig	December 1, 2020^[6]
Fort Lauderdale CF	Jason Kreis	Mutual separation	March 16, 2021^[7]	Darren Powell	March 16, 2021^[7]
FC Tucson	John Galas	Mutual separation	June 30, 2021^[8]	Jon Pearlman^[a]	June 30, 2021^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Union Omaha (C, X)	28	14	9	5	44	22	+22	51	Qualification for the semi-finals
2	Greenville Triumph SC	28	12	9	7	36	29	+7	45	Qualification for the semi-finals
3	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	28	11	11	6	37	29	+8	44	Qualification for the play-offs
4	FC Tucson	28	11	7	10	44	42	+2	40
5	Richmond Kickers	28	11	7	10	35	36	−1	40
6	North Texas SC	28	10	10	8	40	32	+8	40
7	Toronto FC II	28	10	8	10	34	32	+2	38
8	New England Revolution II	28	11	4	13	33	39	−6	37
9	Forward Madison FC	28	8	12	8	32	34	−2	36
10	Fort Lauderdale CF	28	8	7	13	40	49	−9	31
11	Tormenta FC	28	8	6	14	36	47	−11	30
12	North Carolina FC	28	7	4	17	30	50	−20	25

Color key: Home • Away • Win • Loss • Draw
Club	Matches^[10]
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
Chattanooga Red Wolves (CHA)	NTX	NEW	FTL	RIC	TRM	TUC	NCA	GVL	OMA	TUC	TRM	NTX	GVL	MAD	NCA	NTX	OMA	TOR	FTL	NTX	GVL	NCA	NEW	RIC	NCA	TOR	GVL	MAD
Chattanooga Red Wolves (CHA)	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–2
Fort Lauderdale CF (FTL)	NEW	TRM	NTX	RIC	OMA	TUC	CHA	NEW	MAD	NCA	TOR	TOR	TOR	TUC	RIC	MAD	NCA	GVL	TUC	TRM	CHA	TUC	TRM	GVL	OMA	TRM	NTX	TOR
Fort Lauderdale CF (FTL)	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	0–2	5–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–4	4–2	0–0	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–4	4–4	0–1	2–1
Forward Madison FC (MAD)	TUC	NCA	OMA	TRM	FTL	OMA	RIC	NEW	GVL	NEW	NTX	OMA	FTL	CHA	TRM	TOR	NTX	NCA	RIC	TOR	GVL	NEW	RIC	NEW	RIC	OMA	TUC	CHA
Forward Madison FC (MAD)	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–2	2–1
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL)	RIC	NTX	NCA	OMA	TRM	NTX	NCA	TRM	MAD	CHA	NEW	NCA	TRM	CHA	TOR	TRM	FTL	RIC	TUC	TOR	CHA	TUC	MAD	FTL	OMA	NEW	CHA	NCA
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL)	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
New England Revolution II (NEW)	FTL	RIC	OMA	CHA	FTL	RIC	OMA	MAD	NTX	MAD	GVL	TOR	TUC	TOR	NCA	RIC	TRM	TUC	TRM	NCA	RIC	CHA	MAD	TOR	MAD	GVL	NTX	TOR
New England Revolution II (NEW)	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–4	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–4	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–1
North Carolina FC (NCA)	GVL	MAD	RIC	TUC	FTL	GVL	CHA	RIC	TOR	TRM	TOR	RIC	FTL	NEW	CHA	NTX	MAD	RIC	OMA	NEW	CHA	NTX	TOR	CHA	TUC	OMA	TRM	GVL
North Carolina FC (NCA)	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–4	4–0	3–2	0–3	1–4	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	4–1	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–3	2–0	1–4	1–0	0–2
North Texas SC (NTX)	FTL	GVL	CHA	TRM	TOR	TOR	GVL	TUC	NEW	RIC	MAD	CHA	OMA	TUC	NCA	CHA	MAD	OMA	TUC	CHA	TRM	OMA	NCA	TUC	RIC	FTL	NEW	OMA
North Texas SC (NTX)	4–2	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–1
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	NEW	GVL	FTL	TRM	NCA	CHA	NEW	MAD	OMA	NCA	NTX	FTL	NCA	TRM	TUC	TOR	NEW	GVL	NCA	MAD	NEW	TOR	CHA	MAD	NTX	MAD	OMA	TUC
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–2	2–4
Tormenta FC (TRM)	FTL	OMA	TUC	RIC	NTX	GVL	MAD	CHA	TOR	TOR	GVL	TOR	TOR	NCA	CHA	GVL	RIC	GVL	MAD	NEW	FTL	NEW	NTX	FTL	OMA	FTL	TUC	NCA
Tormenta FC (TRM)	0–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	4–4	1–3	0–1
Toronto FC II (TOR)	NTX	TUC	NTX	OMA	TUC	TRM	TRM	FTL	FTL	TRM	FTL	TRM	NEW	NCA	NEW	GVL	RIC	MAD	CHA	GVL	OMA	MAD	RIC	NCA	NEW	CHA	FTL	NEW
Toronto FC II (TOR)	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0
FC Tucson (TUC)	TRM	MAD	FTL	TOR	NCA	TOR	CHA	NTX	OMA	FTL	CHA	NEW	OMA	RIC	NTX	OMA	FTL	GVL	NEW	NTX	FTL	GVL	OMA	NTX	NCA	TRM	MAD	RIC
FC Tucson (TUC)	1–3	1–1	1–5	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	4–2
Union Omaha (OMA)	TRM	FTL	NEW	GVL	MAD	TOR	MAD	NEW	RIC	TUC	CHA	MAD	TUC	NTX	TUC	CHA	NTX	NCA	TOR	NTX	TUC	TRM	FTL	GVL	NCA	MAD	RIC	NTX
Union Omaha (OMA)	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	4–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–1

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	Union Omaha	6
4	FC Tucson	1	4	FC Tucson	1
5	Richmond Kickers	0				1	Union Omaha	3
						2	Greenville Triumph SC	0
			2	Greenville Triumph SC (a.e.t.)	2
3	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (a.e.t.)	2	3	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	0
6	North Texas SC	1

2021 USL League One season

Teams

Managerial changes

League table

Results table

Playoffs

Bracket

Schedule

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Attendance

Average home attendances

Regular season statistical leaders

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Top assists

Clean sheets

Individual awards

All-league teams

Monthly awards

Weekly awards

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

November 6, 2021	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	North Texas SC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:00 PM EDT	Benton 7' (o.g.) Ortiz 32' Carrera-García 43' Ualefi 78' Navarro 97' Ruiz 99' Galindrez 113' 114'	Report	Lucão 29' Munjoma 31' Kamungo 67' Rayo 86' Smith 105+3'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

November 6, 2021	FC Tucson	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, Arizona
7:00 PM MST	Kone 51' Corfe 55' 87'	Report	Bolanos 45+1'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,793 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

November 13, 2021	Union Omaha	6–1	FC Tucson	Papillion, Nebraska
4:00 PM CST	Conway 3', 31' Viader 49' Boyce 32' 54' Crull 34' Panchot 70' Alihodžić 83'	Report	Schenfeld 30' 32' Dennis 44' 63' Ferriol 66'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,607 Referee: Michael Radchuk

November 13, 2021	Greenville Triumph SC	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST	Walker 34' Mohamed 42' Polak 75' Ibarra 97' Lomis 111'	Report	España 41' Ramos 42' Villalobos 80' Carrera-García 88'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 2,851 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

November 20, 2021	Union Omaha	3–0	Greenville Triumph SC	Papillion, Nebraska
4:00 PM CST	Conway 7' 11' 77' Hurst 43' Sousa 62' Viader 63' Otieno 90+2'	Report	Hemmings 65' Lee 72'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 5,221 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
Union Omaha	14	46,013	3,884	2,405	3,287
Forward Madison FC	14*	35,896	3,607	1,529	2,761
Greenville Triumph SC	14	33,373	4,027	1,536	2,384
Richmond Kickers	14	29,094	3,212	1,126	2,078
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	14	25,512	2,149	1,508	1,822
North Carolina FC	14*	21,286	4,084	996	1,637
Tormenta FC	14	16,869	2,045	635	1,205
FC Tucson	14	13,825	1,556	654	988
North Texas SC	14	11,883	2,212	550	849
New England Revolution II	14*	1,965	500	100	151
Fort Lauderdale CF	14*	0	0	0	0
Toronto FC II	14*	0	0	0	0
Total	168	235,716	4,084	100	1,721

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[11]
1	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	18
2	Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC	14
3	Greg Hurst	Union Omaha	13
4	Shaan Hundal	Fort Lauderdale CF	11
4	Marco Micaletto	Tormenta FC	11
6	Evan Conway	Union Omaha	10
6	Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	10
8	Azaad Liadi	Tormenta FC	9
8	Charlie Dennis	FC Tucson	9
10	Shak Adams	FC Tucson	8
	Mitchell Curry	Fort Lauderdale CF
	Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II

Award	Winner	Team	Reason	Ref.
Golden Boot	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	18 goals (league record)	^[20]
Golden Glove	Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	9 shutouts, 0.75 goals against average	^[21]
Assist Champion	Ricky Ruiz	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	10 assists	^[22]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Akira Fitzgerald	Richmond Kickers	10 shutouts, 89 saves, 72.1 save percentage	^[23]
Defender of the Year	Damià Viader	Union Omaha	6 goals, 5 assists, 58 key passes	^[24]
Coach of the Year	Jay Mims	Union Omaha	Won regular season title	^[25]
Young Player of the Year	Noah Allen	Fort Lauderdale CF	2,430 minutes, 35 interceptions, 28 key passes	^[26]
Most Valuable Player	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	18 goals; 85 shots; 40 shots on target	^[27]
Goal of the Year	Devin Boyce	Union Omaha	vs FC Tucson in the playoffs	^[28]
Save of the Year	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	vs Greenville	^[29]

First team^[30]
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Akira Fitzgerald (RIC)	Kobe Franklin (TOR) Jason Ramos (CHA) Ryan Spaulding (NEW) Damià Viader (OMA)	Marco Micaletto (TRM) Aaron Molloy (MAD) Ricky Ruiz (CHA)	Greg Hurst (OMA) Marios Lomis (GVL) Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC)

Month	Player of the Month			Goal of the Month			Save of the Month		Coach of the Month		References
Month	Player	Club	Position	Player	Club	Position	Player	Club	Coach	Club	References
April / May	Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	Derek Gebhard	Forward Madison FC	Forward	Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	Carl Craig	Forward Madison FC	^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]
June	Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Forward	Edison Azcona	Fort Lauderdale CF	Midfielder	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Jay Mims	Union Omaha	^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]
July	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Forward	Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Forward	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	John Bradford	North Carolina FC	^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]
August	Aaron Molloy	Forward Madison FC	Midfielder	Antonio Carlini	Toronto FC II	Midfielder	Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	Jimmy Obleda	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]
September	Damià Viader	Union Omaha	Defender	Nicky Hernandez	North Texas SC	Midfielder	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Jon Pearlman	FC Tucson	^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]
October	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Forward	Zacarías Morán	Richmond Kickers	Midfielder	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	John Harkes	Greenville Triumph SC	^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]

Player of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Position	Ref.
1	Sean O'Hearn	New England Revolution II	Defender	^[55]
2	Juan Pablo Monticelli	Richmond Kickers	Defender	^[56]
3	Thibaut Jacquel	North Texas SC	Forward	^[57]
4	Marios Lomis	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	^[58]
5	Damià Viader	Union Omaha	Defender	^[59]
6	George Acosta	Fort Lauderdale CF	Midfielder	^[60]
7	Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II	Forward	^[61]
8	Connor Tobin	Forward Madison FC	Defender	^[62]
9	Nil Vinyals	Richmond Kickers	Midfielder	^[63]
10	Greg Hurst	Union Omaha	Forward	^[64]
11	Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Forward	^[65]
12	Jay Tee Kamara	North Carolina FC	Midfielder	^[66]
13	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Forward	^[67]
14	Kazu	North Texas SC	Defender	^[68]
15	Garrett McLaughlin	Toronto FC II	Forward	^[69]
16	Robert Kristo	North Carolina FC	Forward	^[70]
17	Robert Kristo	North Carolina FC	Forward	^[71]
18	Damian Rivera	New England Revolution II	Forward	^[72]
19	Ricky Ruiz	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Midfielder	^[73]
20	Gio Calixtro	FC Tucson	Forward	^[74]
21	Shak Adams	FC Tucson	Forward	^[75]
22	Aaron Walker	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	^[76]
23	Nazmi Albadawi	North Carolina FC	Midfielder	^[77]
24	Charlie Dennis	FC Tucson	Midfielder	^[78]
25	Nicky Hernandez	North Texas SC	Forward	^[79]
26	Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Forward	^[80]
27	Azaad Liadi	Tormenta FC	Forward	^[81]
28	Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Forward	^[82]
29	Bernard Kamungo	North Texas SC	Midfielder	^[83]
30	Abdi Mohamed	Greenville Triumph SC	Defender	^[84]