2024 USL League One season

USL League One
Season	2024
Dates	March 9 – October 26 (regular season)
Champions	Union Omaha (2nd Title)
Players' Shield	Union Omaha (3rd Title)
Matches	132
Goals	387 (2.93 per match)
Best player	Lyam MacKinnon Greenville Triumph SC
Top goalscorer	Lyam MacKinnon Greenville Triumph SC; (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Sean Lewis One Knoxville SC
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	305,054
Average attendance	2,329
	← 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.

Season2024

DatesMarch 9 – October 26 (regular season)

ChampionsUnion Omaha (2nd Title)

Players' ShieldUnion Omaha (3rd Title)

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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]

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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	Ilija Ilić (interim)	Hummel	KUB Fiber
Lexington SC	Georgetown, Kentucky	Toyota Stadium	5,000	Darren Powell	Nike	UK HealthCare
Lexington SC	Lexington, Kentucky	Lexington SC Stadium^[a]	7,500	Darren Powell	Nike	UK HealthCare
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	Local community sponsors^[b]
Union Omaha	Papillion, Nebraska	Werner Park	9,023	Dominic Casciato	Hummel	Centris Federal Credit Union

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Central Valley Fuego FC	Edison Gonzalez	End of interim period	November 5, 2023	Jermaine Jones	November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06)^[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 (2024-08-15)^[12]	Ilija Ilić (interim)	August 15, 2024 (2024-08-15)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
Club	Matches^[13]
Club	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
CV Fuego FC (CV)	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
Charlotte Independence (CLT)	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
Chattanooga Red Wolves (CHA)	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
Forward Madison FC (MAD)	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
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL)	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
One Knoxville SC (KNX)	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
Lexington SC (LEX)	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
NoCo Hailstorm FC (NCO)	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
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	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
Spokane Velocity FC (SPK)	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
Tormenta FC (TRM)	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
Union Omaha (OMA)	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

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

2024 USL League One season

Teams

Managerial changes

League table

Results table

Playoffs

Bracket

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

USL League One Final

Attendance

Average home attendances

Regular season statistical leaders

Top scorers

Hat tricks

Top assists

Clean sheets

League awards

Individual awards

All-league teams

Monthly awards

Weekly awards

USL Cup

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)	Greenville Triumph SC	2–1	One Knoxville SC	Greenville, South Carolina
2:00 PM EDT	Lee 19' Castro 50' MacKinnon 80' (pen.) Shultz 90+5'	Report	Tekiela 59' (pen.) Lewis 79' Zarokostas 85'	Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Thomas Snyder

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)	Forward Madison FC	2–0	Charlotte Independence	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 38' 44' Villalobos 43' Boyce 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Ciss 19' Dimick 44' Sorenson 90+1'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,953 Referee: Calin Radosav

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	0–3	Spokane Velocity FC	Windsor, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT	Powder 23' Kwakwa 77'	Report	Gil 53' Peláez 64' Denton 68'	Stadium: 4Rivers Equipment Stadium Attendance: 1,601 Referee: Gerald Flores

November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03)	Union Omaha	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Papillion, Nebraska
2:30 PM CDT	Mastrantonio 24' Kunga 51' Gómez 60' Schneider 69'	Report	Cela 26' O'Dwyer 67'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)	Union Omaha	2–1	Greenville Triumph SC	Papillion, Nebraska
4:00 PM CDT	Gómez 42' Lewis 58' Gallardo 63' Schneider 90+2'	Report	Lee 8' Herrera 31'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,053 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)	Forward Madison FC	0–0 (4–5 p)	Spokane Velocity FC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Chaney 115'	Report	Dolling 71' Lage 88' Jome 90+2'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Thomas Snyder
	Penalties
	Boyce McLaughlin Dieye Villalobos Chaney		Dolling Peláez González Lewis Fernandez

November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17)	Union Omaha	3–0	Spokane Velocity FC	Papillion, Nebraska
2:00 PM CST	Schneider 3' Dolabella 19' Kunga 71'	Report	Akale 7' Miller 45' Peláez 88'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 5,849 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
Richmond Kickers	11	51,387	5,574	3,551	4,672
Forward Madison FC	11	46,664	4,856	3,346	4,242
Spokane Velocity FC	11	41,818	5,086	3,108	3,802
Union Omaha	11	38,587	4,509	2,461	3,508
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	11	24,876	3,447	1,526	2,261
Greenville Triumph SC	11*	19,581	3,734	1,251	1,958
One Knoxville SC	11	18,892	2,345	1,310	1,717
Lexington SC	11	16,799	3,125	1,041	1,527
Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	11	14,556	2,236	1,063	1,323
South Georgia Tormenta FC	11	12,042	1,407	667	1,095
Charlotte Independence	11	11,842	2,307	530	1,077
Central Valley Fuego FC	11	8,010	1,000	397	728
Total	132	305,054	5,574	397	2,329

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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
4	Kempes Tekiela	One Knoxville SC	9
6	Cameron Lancaster	Lexington SC	8
6	Sebastián Vivas	South Georgia Tormenta FC	8
8	Leonardo Castro	Greenville Triumph SC	7
	Ates Diouf	Lexington SC
	Pedro Fonseca	South Georgia Tormenta FC

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
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

Award	Winner	Team	Reason	Ref.
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]
Comeback Player of the Year	Clay Dimick	Charlotte Independence	Played entire season after back surgery.	^[24]

Rank	Player	Club	Shutouts
1	Lalo Delgado	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	9
1	Bernd Schipmann	Forward Madison FC	9
3	Sean Lewis	One Knoxville SC	7
3	Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	7
5	Austin Pack	Charlotte Independence	5
6	Amal Knight	Lexington SC	4
6	Ford Parker	South Georgia Tormenta FC	4
8	Christian Garner	Greenville Triumph SC	3
	Gunther Rankenburg	Greenville Triumph SC
	James Sneddon	Richmond Kickers
	Brooks Thompson	Spokane Velocity FC

First team^[25]
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)

Month	Player of the Month			Coach of the Month		References
Month	Player	Club	Position	Coach	Club	References
March	Angelo Kelly-Rosales	One Knoxville SC	Midfielder	Mark McKeever	One Knoxville SC	^[26]^[27]
April	Ropapa Mensah	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Forward	Mike Jeffries	Charlotte Independence	^[28]^[29]
May	Pedro Dolabella	Union Omaha	Midfielder	Dominic Casciato	Union Omaha	^[30]^[31]
June	Juan Carlos Obregón	Charlotte Independence	Forward	Matt Glaeser	Forward Madison FC	^[32]^[33]
July	Alfredo Midence	Central Valley Fuego FC	Forward	Mike Jeffries	Charlotte Independence	^[34]^[35]
August	Ethan Hoard	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	Forward	Darren Powell	Lexington SC	^[36]^[37]
September	Lyam MacKinnon	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder	Dominic Casciato	Union Omaha	^[38]^[39]
October	Lalo Delgado	Northern Colorado Hailstorm	Goalkeeper	Éamon Zayed	Northern Colorado Hailstorm	^[40]^[41]

Player of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Position	Reason	Ref.
1	Leonardo Castro	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	Goal vs Spokane	^[42]
2	Angelo Kelly-Rosales	One Knoxville SC	Forward	2 goals vs Charlotte	^[43]
3	Luis Gil	Spokane Velocity FC	Midfielder	GWG PK vs Northern Colorado	^[44]
4	Luis Álvarez	Charlotte Independence	Midfielder	GWG vs Spokane	^[45]
5	Lyam MacKinnon	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder	2 goals vs Northern Colorado	^[46]
6	Ropapa Mensah	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Forward	Hat trick vs Central Valley Fuego	^[47]
7	Lyam MacKinnon	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	2 goals vs Tormenta FC	^[48]
8	Joe Gallardo	Union Omaha	Midfielder	1 goal; 2 assists vs Tormenta FC	^[49]
9	Sebastián Vivas	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Forward	2 goals; 1 assist vs Chattanooga	^[50]
10	Chevone Marsh	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Forward	3 goals in 2 matches	^[51]
11	Juan Carlos Obregón	Charlotte Independence	Forward	2 goals vs Chattanooga	^[52]
12	Lyam MacKinnon	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder	2 goals in 2 games	^[53]
13	Steevan Dos Santos	Union Omaha	Forward	2 goals vs Lexington	^[54]
14	Ropapa Mensah	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Forward	2 goals vs Richmond	^[55]
15	Alfredo Midence	Central Valley Fuego FC	Forward	3 assists vs Tormenta FC	^[56]
16	Andre Lewis	Spokane Velocity FC	Midfielder	2 goals; 1 assists	^[57]
17	Kempes Tekiela	One Knoxville SC	Forward	2 goals; 1 assist vs Chattanooga	^[58]
18	Joe Gallardo	Union Omaha	Midfielder	2 goals vs Richmond	^[59]
19	Luis Gil	Spokane Velocity FC	Midfielder	1 goal; 1 assist in 2 games	^[60]
20	Lyam MacKinnon	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder	Hat Trick vs Chattanooga	^[61]
21	Cameron Lancaster	Lexington SC	Forward	Hat Trick vs Central Valley Fuego	^[62]
22	Lalo Delgado	Northern Colorado Hailstorm	Goalkeeper	2 clean sheets; 15 saves in 2 games	^[63]
23	Lyam MacKinnon	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder	2 goals vs Spokane	^[64]
24	Jordan Skelton	One Knoxville SC	Defender	12 clearances; 5 blocks in 2 games	^[65]
25	Matt Levy	Charlotte Independence	Goalkeeper	9 saves and a clean sheet in his 1st start	^[66]