2026 USL League One season

USL League One
Season	2026
Dates	March 7 – October 24; (regular season); October 31 - November 2; (playoffs);
Matches	44
Goals	123 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ajmeer Spengler New York Cosmos (5 Goals)
Biggest home win	Charlotte Independence 4–0 Spokane Velocity March 27; Westchester SC 5–1 Corpus Christi FC April 4; Athletic Club Boise 4–0 Westchester SC April 18
Biggest away win	AV Alta FC 1–3 Union Omaha April 4
Highest scoring	Greenville Triumph SC 4–2 Westchester SC March 29; Westchester SC 5–1 Corpus Christi FC April 4
Longest winning run	Union Omaha 4 Games (March 22 – April 11)
Longest unbeaten run	One Knoxville SC (March 24 – Present); 5 Games
Longest winless run	AV Alta FC (March 7 – Present); 6 Games
Longest losing run	New York Cosmos 3 games (March 14 – March 25); Richmond Kickers (March 21 – April 11); Sarasota Paradise (April 4 – Present)
Highest attendance	7,211 Athletic Club Boise 1–1 Spokane Velocity April 4
Lowest attendance	925 Charlotte Independence 4–0 Spokane Velocity March 27
Total attendance	126,185
Average attendance	2,935
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of April 18, 2026.

Season2026

Dates

March 7 – October 24
(regular season)
October 31 - November 2
(playoffs)

Matches44

Goals123 (2.8 per match)

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]

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Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Jersey manufacturer	Jersey sponsor
Athletic Club Boise	Garden City, Idaho	Stadium at Expo Idaho^[i]	6,225	Nate Miller	Hummel	Saint Alphonsus
AV Alta FC	Lancaster, California	Lancaster Municipal Stadium^[i]	5,300	Brian Kleiban	Hummel	Parris Law Firm
Charlotte Independence	Charlotte, North Carolina	American Legion Memorial Stadium^[i]	10,500	Mike Jeffries	Capelli Sport	Novant Health
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	East Ridge, Tennessee	CHI Memorial Stadium^[i]	2,500	Scott Mackenzie	Adidas	Transcard
Corpus Christi FC	Corpus Christi, Texas	Corpus Christi Sports Complex^[i]	5,000	Éamon Zayed	Capelli Sport	TBA
Fort Wayne FC	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Fort Wayne FC Park^[i]	9,200	Mike Avery	Capelli Sport	PSM X ONE
Forward Madison FC	Madison, Wisconsin	Breese Stevens Field^[i]	5,000	Matt Glaeser	Hummel	Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC	Greenville, South Carolina	Multiple facilities^[ii]	^[ii]	Dave Dixon	Hummel	Prisma Health
FC Naples	Naples, Florida	Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium^[i]	5,000	Matt Poland	Hummel	Physicians Regional Healthcare System
New York Cosmos	Paterson, New Jersey	Hinchliffe Stadium^[iii]	7,500	Davide Corti	Capelli Sport	Ion Bank
One Knoxville SC	Knoxville, Tennessee	Covenant Health Park^[iv]	6,500	Ian Fuller	Hummel	Regions Bank
Portland Hearts of Pine	Portland, Maine	Fitzpatrick Stadium^[iii]	5,500	Bobby Murphy	Hummel	Visit Maine
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium^[i]	6,000	Darren Sawatzky	Hummel	Ukrop's
Sarasota Paradise	Lakewood Ranch, Florida	Premier Sports Campus^[i]	3,000	Mika Elovaara	Hummel	TBA
Spokane Velocity FC	Spokane, Washington	ONE Spokane Stadium^[i]	5,100	Leigh Veidman	Capelli Sport	Spokane Tribe Resort
Union Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	Morrison Stadium^[i]	6,000	Vincenzo Candela	Hummel	Centris Federal Credit Union
Westchester SC	Mount Vernon, New York	The Stadium at Memorial Field^[iii]	3,900	George Gjokaj	Hummel	Northwell Health

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Westchester SC	Dave Carton	Dismissal	November 3, 2025	George Gjokaj	November 17, 2025^[10]
Greenville Triumph SC	Rick Wright	Retirement	December 17, 2025	Dave Dixon	December 17, 2025^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	One Knoxville SC	7	4	1	2	9	6	+3	14	Playoffs
2	FC Naples	7	4	1	2	9	4	+5	14
3	Spokane Velocity FC	6	4	1	1	11	8	+3	13
4	Union Omaha	6	4	2	0	10	7	+3	12
5	AC Boise	5	2	1	2	10	6	+4	8
6	Forward Madison FC	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
7	Westchester SC	6	2	3	1	12	13	−1	7
8	New York Cosmos	6	2	3	1	11	13	−2	7
9	Sarasota Paradise	7	2	4	1	6	10	−4	7
10	Greenville Triumph SC	4	2	2	0	8	7	+1	6
11	Portland Hearts of Pine	5	1	1	3	4	3	+1	6
12	Charlotte Independence	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	4
13	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
14	Richmond Kickers	5	1	3	1	4	7	−3	4
15	Fort Wayne FC	4	1	2	1	3	6	−3	4
16	AV Alta FC	6	0	2	4	7	11	−4	4
17	Corpus Christi FC	5	0	3	2	5	11	−6	2

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	May 2	Aug 1	May 23	Oct 3	Jul 2	Aug 8	May 13	Sep 11	Jun 20	Jul 17	Jun 10	May 27	1–1	4–0
AV Alta	2–2	—	Jul 5	2–2	Oct 24	Aug 8	Oct 10	Sep 5	May 9	Aug 22	May 23	1–3	0–0	1–1	Jun 10	Jun 13	Jul 25
Charlotte	May 6	Aug 29	—	Jul 18	Jul 1	Sep 26	Aug 8	Aug 1	May 23	Jun 13	Oct 10	Jun 10	Sep 2	Jul 25	Aug 15	4–0	Sep 12
Chattanooga	Aug 29	Jul 15	May 30	—	Oct 3	0–1	Seo 5	Jul 25	Sep 16	Jun 20	Aug 22	Aug 8	Sep 19	May 27	May 9	Aug 1	Jul 1
Corpus Christi	Sep 26	Jun 24	May 9	Jul 4	—	Oct 7	Jul 25	May 23	Sep 5	Oct 10	Aug 19	Sep 12	Jun 3	Jun 13	Jun 20	May 2	Aug 22
Fort Wayne	Oct 24	May 30	May 2	Aug 15	May 20	—	Jul 18	Sep 16	Oct 3	Sep 19	Sep 5	Aug 1	May 6	Sep 2	Oct 17	Jul 4	May 9
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	May 9	Jul 8	Oct 14	4–2
One Knoxville	Aug 22	Jul 18	2–1	Oct 7	0–0	Jul 15	May 29	—	1–2	Sep 11	Jun 13	May 13	Aug 19	1–0	Aug 8	Oct 17	Sep 27
Forward Madison	Jun 13	Sep 19	Aug 22	Jul 29	May 29	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	May 2	0–1	—	Oct 3	Aug 26	Jul 3	Oct 7	2–0	Oct 24	May 23
NY Cosmos	Jul 25	Aug 15	3–2	Oct 24	Jul 18	2–0	Jul 4	Oct 17	2–2	Jul 8	—	May 27	1–3	Sep 26	Sep 2	Aug 8	Sep 19
Union Omaha	3–2	Jul 1	Sep 5	May 23	2–1	Oct 10	May 2	Sep 19	1–0	May 30	Aug 29	—	May 9	Aug 16	Aug 22	Sep 16	Jul 18
Portland	Cot 10	Sep 13	Oct 24	Jun 13	Aug 8	AUg 29	May 23	0–0	Aug 16	1–1	May 2	Jul 22	—	Jun 24	Sep 26	May 30	Sep 6
Richmond	May 30	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	May 1
Sarasota	0–1	Apr 18	Oct 3	Aug 19	2–1	2–2	Sep 19	1–2	May 2	Aug 1	May 30	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	May 10	3–1	1–0	Oct 3	3–1	May 24	—	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	—

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Athletic Club Boise	14,415	7,211	7,204	7,208	n/a^†
2	Portland Hearts of Pine	12,186	6,153	6,033	6,093	+4.5%^†
3	Richmond Kickers	9,464	5,494	3,970	4,732	+7.2%^†
4	AV Alta FC	18,010	4,508	3,204	3,602	−14.1%^†
5	FC Naples	16,497	4,072	2,749	3,299	−5.4%^†
6	One Knoxville SC	12,855	4,568	1,811	3,214	+6.1%^†
7	Sarasota Paradise	9,695	2,791	1,406	1,939	+43.8%^†
8	New York Cosmos	7,346	4,099	931	1,837	n/a^†
9	Spokane Velocity FC	5,274	1,849	1,669	1,758	−25.1%^†
10	Union Omaha	5,026	1,774	1,732	1,753	−42.4%^†
11	Greenville Triumph SC	4,919	1,756	1,465	1,675	−19.7%^†
12	Westchester SC	5,203	1,722	1,035	1,301	−23.4%^†
13	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1,206	1,206	1,206	1,206	−41.3%^†
14	Charlotte Independence	925	925	925	925	+29.6%^†
15	Forward Madison FC	0	0	0	0	−100.0%^†
16	Corpus Christi FC	0	0	0	0	n/a^†
17	Fort Wayne FC	0	0	0	0	n/a^†
	League total	127,591	6,153	925	2,900	+4.1%^†

2026 USL League One season

Managerial changes

Regular season

Format

League table

Results table

Attendances

Player statistics

Goals

Hat-tricks

Assists

Saves

Clean sheets

League awards

Monthly awards

Weekly awards

USL Cup

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[13]
1	Ajmeer Spengler	New York Cosmos	5
2	Conor McGlynn	Westchester SC	4
	Dean Guezen	Westchester SC
	Denys Kostyshyn	Athletic Club Boise
5	Christopher Garcia	FC Naples	3
5	Denis Krioutchenkov	One Knoxville SC	3
7	Omar Hernandez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	2
	Sander Røed	Sarasota Paradise
	Stephen Annor Gyamfi	Forward Madison FC
	Viggo Ortiz	Charlotte Independence
	Bubu Medina	Corpus Christi FC
	Azaad Liadi	Greenville Triumph SC
	Nick Moon	Athletic Club Boise
	Rodrigo Robles	Greenville Triumph SC
	Sebastián Guenzatti	New York Cosmos
	Shavon John-Brown	Spokane Velocity
	Adam Aoumaich	AV Alta FC
	Diego Gutiérrez	Union Omaha
	Ermin Mackic	Westchester SC
	Jerry Desdunes	AV Alta FC
	Tarik Pannholzer	Richmond Kickers
	Luan Brito	Athletic Club Boise
	Pato Botello Faz	Union Omaha
	Dominick Bachstein	FC Naples
	Jack Denton	Spokane Velocity
	John Murphy	One Knoxville SC
	Jonathan Bolanos	Sarasota Paradise

Rank	Player	Club	Saves^[16]
1	James Talbot	Corpus Christi FC	24
2	Johan Garibay	One Knoxville SC	23
3	Alex Sutton	Sarasota Paradise	20
3	Andrew Hammersley	Westchester SC	20
5	Yann-Alexandre Fillion	Richmond Kickers	18
6	Carlos Merancio	Spokane Velocity	16
6	Edward Delgado	FC Naples	16
8	JT Harms	Forward Madison FC	15
9	Cole Jensen	Union Omaha	12
9	Matt Levy	Charlotte Independence	12

Month	Player of the Month			Coach of the Month		References
Month	Player	Club	Position	Coach	Club	References
March	Denis Krioutchenkov	One Knoxville SC	Forward	Matt Glaeser	Forward Madison FC	^[18]^[19]

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Opponent	Ref.
1	Christopher Garcia	FC Naples	Fort Wayne FC	^[20]
2	Darren Sidoel	New York Cosmos	Portland Hearts of Pine	^[21]
3	Jack Denton	Spokane Velocity	New York Cosmos	^[22]
4	Brandon Fricke	Greenville Triumph SC	New York Cosmos	^[23]
5	Babacar Diene	One Knoxville SC	Sarasota Paradise	^[24]
6	Taig Healy	Fort Wayne FC	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	^[25]
7	Denys Kostyshyn	Athletic Club Boise	Westchester SC	^[26]

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Bench	Coach	Ref.
1	Andema (ACB)	Brown (KNX) Pehlivanov (AVA) Cisneros (NAP)	Desdunes (AVA) Murphy (KNX) Mayaka (ACB) Torrellas (NAP) Baker (KNX)	Krioutchenkov (KNX) Kostyshyn (ACB)	Nate Miller (ACB)	Delgado (NAP) Ricketts (ACB) Anderson (RIC) Evans (WES) Garcia (NAP) Zarokostas (KNX) Bodily (ACB)	^[34]
2	Morse (POR)	Romero (CLT) Humphrey (MAD) Powder (WES)	Røed (SAR) Torres (MAD) Hernandez (CHA) Pondeca (CRP)	Garcia (NAP) Ricol (FTW) Wada (POR)	Matt Glaeser (MAD)	Merancio (SPK) Riascos (CLT) Owusu (OMA) Wright (POR) Bolanos (SAR) Kanyane (MAD) Becher (FTW)	^[35]
3	Delgado (NAP)	Boudadi (OMA) Cisneros (NAP) Guediri (OMA)	John-Brown (SPK) Knapp (OMA) Mayaka (ACB) Denton (SPK)	Gutiérrez (OMA) Brett (SPK) O'Connor (NAP)	Vincenzo Candela (OMA)	Oladapo (POR) Mastrantonio (NAP) Fitch (SPK) Villalobos (AVA) Milovanov (NYC) Torellas (NAP) Gil (SPK)	^[36]
4	Harms (MAD)	Owusu (OMA) Romero (CLT) Brown (KNX)	Álvarez (CLT) Walker (SAR) Spengler (NYC) Torres (MAD)	Liadi (GRE) Hernandez (CRW) Robles (GRE)	Dave Dixon (GRE)	Talbot (CRP) Guediri (OMA) Seagrist (GRE) Galazzini (NYC) Armas (FTW) Bahena (AVA) Beckford (GRE)	^[37]
5	Jensen (OMA)	Manin (CLT) Crull (ACB) Powder (WES)	Kwakwa (CRP) McGlynn (WES) Bolanos (SAR) Jiménez (WES)	Spengler (NYC) Faz (OMA) Rodrigues (KNO)	George Gjokaj (WES)	Garibay (KNX) Dengler (ACB) Mastrantonio (NAP) Bodily (ACB) Moon (ACB) Amaya (CLT) Tekiela (OMA)	^[38]
6	Garibay (KNX)	Jordan (FTW) Mensah (SPK) Solís (FTW)	Guezen (WES) Denton (SPK) Poon-Angeron (POR) Bodily (ACB)	Garcia (NAP) Desdunes (AVA) John-Brown (SPK)	Leigh Veidman (SPK)	Hammersley (WES) Opara (SPK) Timchenko (WES) Vinyals (SPK) Torrellas (NAP) Healy (FTW) Aoumaich (AVA)	^[39]
7	Levy (CLT)	Ricketts (ACB) Glasser (NAP) Drack (POR) Dengler (ACB)	Espinal (RIC) Wright (POR) Sasankhah (RIC)	Bakero (CLT) Kostyshyn (ACB) Linhares (KNX)	Darren Sawatzky (RIC)	Kliewer (ACB) Holt (NYC) Pannholzer (RIC) Spengler (NYC) Murphy (KNX) Guenzatti (NYC) Diene (KNX)	^[40]
Bold denotes Player of the Week

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