2020 USL League One season

The 2020 USL League One season was the second season of USL League One. The regular season was scheduled to begin on March 27 and end on October 3. On March 13, it was announced the regular season start would be delayed to April 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This delay was extended to May 10. The delay was extended for a third time with the USL awaiting guidance and clarity from various authorities before announcing a new date. On June 5, the league announced a provisional return date of July 18. On July 2, the league announced a modified 20-game schedule (but changed to a 16-game schedule on July 17) with a modified playoffs. Now, only the top two teams will go straight to the League Finals, on the weekend of October 31. On July 8, Toronto FC II announced they would not play in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions. They remain a member club of the league, and plan to return for the 2021 season.^[1] Nine teams^[2] return from the inaugural season, while three new teams enter for the first time; MLS reserve teams Fort Lauderdale CF and New England Revolution II, and expansion club Union Omaha.

USL League One

Season	2020
Dates	July 18[a] – October 24
Champions	Greenville Triumph SC (1st Title)
Regular season title	Greenville Triumph SC (1st Title)
Matches played	87
Goals scored	222 (2.55 per match)
Best Player	Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers
Top goalscorer	Emiliano Terzaghi Richmond Kickers (10 Goals)
Best goalkeeper	Dallas Jaye Greenville Triumph SC
Biggest home win	MAD 4–0 TRM (August 14)
Biggest away win	MAD 0–4 NEW (September 4)
Highest scoring	NTX 3–3 NEW (August 15)
Longest winning run	5 games Greenville Triumph SC (September 4 – October 2)
Longest unbeaten run	8 games Union Omaha (July 25 – September 11)
Longest winless run	13 games Orlando City B (August 14 – October 24)
Longest losing run	8 games Orlando City B (September 6 – October 24)
← 2019 2021 →

North Texas SC was the defending champion.^[3] They were unable to defend the title after finishing third in the regular season, eliminating them from the Championship game.

The Championship game was canceled on October 29, 2020, after several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville Triumph SC was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).^[4]

Teams

TRM

TUC

GVL

MAD

RIC

TOR

CHA

ORL

NEW

NTX

OMA

FTL

Locations of teams for the 2020 USL League One season
Withdrew because of COVID-19 restrictions

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Affiliate	Jersey manufacturer	Jersey sponsor
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Chattanooga, Tennessee	CHI Memorial Stadium	5,000[5]	Jimmy Obleda		Adidas	Transcard
Fort Lauderdale CF	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Inter Miami CF Stadium	19,000	Jason Kreis	Inter Miami CF	Adidas
Forward Madison FC	Madison, Wisconsin	Hart Park[6]	3,000	Daryl Shore	Chicago Fire FC	Hummel	Dairyland Insurance
Greenville Triumph SC	Greenville, South Carolina	Legacy Early College Field	4,000	John Harkes		Nike	Scansource
New England Revolution II	Foxborough, Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium	20,000	Clint Peay	New England Revolution	Adidas	UnitedHealthcare
North Texas SC	Arlington, Texas	Globe Life Park in Arlington	48,114	Eric Quill	FC Dallas	Adidas	AdvoCare
Orlando City B	Kissimmee, Florida	Osceola County Stadium	5,400	Marcelo Neveleff	Orlando City SC	Adidas	Orlando Health
Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia	City Stadium	22,611	Darren Sawatzky		Adidas	Absolute Stone Design
South Georgia Tormenta FC	Statesboro, Georgia	Eagle Field at Erk Russell Park	3,500	Ian Cameron		Adidas	Optim Healthcare
Toronto FC II †	Toronto, Ontario	BMO Training Ground	1,000	Mike Muñoz	Toronto FC	Adidas	BMO
FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona	Kino Sports Complex	3,500	John Galas	Phoenix Rising FC	Macron	Chapman Automotive
Union Omaha	Papillion, Nebraska	Werner Park	9,023	Jay Mims		Nike	CHI Health (home) Nebraska Medicine (away)

  MLS affiliated

  MLS/USLC owned

^†Withdrew for the season.^[1]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Richmond Kickers	David Bulow[7]	Contract not renewed	October 9, 2019	Darren Sawatzky[8]	November 6, 2019
FC Tucson	Darren Sawatzky[9]	Mutual separation	November 6, 2019	John Galas[10]	December 24, 2019
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Tim Hankinson	Mutual separation	November 20, 2019	Jimmy Obleda[11]	November 21, 2019
Orlando City B	Roberto Sibaja	End of interim period	December 20, 2019	Marcelo Neveleff[12]	December 20, 2019
Toronto FC II	Michael Rabasca	Mutual separation	January 27, 2020	Mike Muñoz[13]	January 27, 2020
South Georgia Tormenta FC	John Miglarese	Promoted to technical director	September 16, 2020	Ian Cameron[14]	September 16, 2020

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Greenville Triumph SC	16	11	3	2	24	11	+13	35	2.19	Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2	Union Omaha	16	8	3	5	20	15	+5	29	1.81	Final
3	North Texas SC[b]	16	7	3	6	27	19	+8	27	1.69
4	Richmond Kickers	16	8	6	2	22	22	0	26	1.63
5	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	15	6	5	4	21	17	+4	22	1.47
6	FC Tucson	16	6	6	4	21	19	+2	22	1.38
7	Forward Madison FC	16	5	5	6	20	14	+6	21	1.31
8	Tormenta FC	16	5	7	4	19	22	−3	19	1.19
9	New England Revolution II[b]	16	5	8	3	19	26	−7	18	1.13
10	Fort Lauderdale CF[b]	16	4	9	3	19	28	−9	15	0.94
11	Orlando City B[b]	15	1	11	3	10	29	−19	6	0.40

Source: 2020 USL League One standings
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) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

1. The regular season was slated to begin on March 27, but was delayed to April 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This delay was extended to May 10. The delay was extended for a third time with the USL awaiting guidance and clarity from various authorities before announcing a new date. On June 5, a provisional start date of July 18 was announced.
2. Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

Results table

Color Key: Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw  • Cancelled
Club	Matches[15][16][17]
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Chattanooga Red Wolves (CHA)	TRM	TUC	NTX	GVL	TRM	NEW	FTL	NEW	RIC	OMA	GVL	MAD	NTX	ORL	MAD	RIC
	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	CAN[18]	1–1	2–1
Fort Lauderdale CF (FTL)	GVL	TUC	TRM	ORL	NTX	GVL	CHA	ORL	TRM	RIC	TUC	OMA	NTX	NEW	MAD	OMA
	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–3	1–4	2–2	0–1
Forward Madison FC (MAD)	NTX	GVL	RIC	TRM	OMA	ORL	NEW	GVL	TUC	CHA	TUC	OMA	FTL	CHA	NTX	NEW
	1–2	0–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1
Greenville Triumph SC (GVL)	FTL	RIC	MAD	TRM	CHA	FTL	NEW	RIC	TRM	MAD	CHA	NTX	ORL	TUC	OMA	ORL
	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–1
New England Revolution II (NEW)	OMA	ORL	NTX	RIC	GVL	CHA	MAD	CHA	TUC	OMA	ORL	RIC	FTL	NTX	TRM	MAD
	0–0	0–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	0–4	0–4	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–1	0–4	1–2
North Texas SC (NTX)	MAD	OMA	CHA	NEW	FTL	OMA	ORL	TUC	TUC	GVL	FTL	CHA	RIC	NEW	MAD	TRM
	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–3	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Orlando City B (ORL)	TRM	NEW	FTL	TUC	MAD	TRM	NTX	OMA	FTL	NEW	GVL	RIC	CHA	TUC	RIC	GVL
	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	CAN[18]	0–2	1–3	1–4
Richmond Kickers (RIC)	GVL	TRM	MAD	TUC	NEW	GVL	TUC	CHA	FTL	OMA	NEW	ORL	NTX	TRM	ORL	CHA
	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–2
Tormenta FC (TRM)	CHA	RIC	ORL	GVL	FTL	MAD	CHA	ORL	GVL	OMA	FTL	OMA	TUC	RIC	NEW	NTX
	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–2
FC Tucson (TUC)	FTL	CHA	OMA	RIC	ORL	OMA	RIC	NTX	NEW	NTX	MAD	FTL	MAD	TRM	GVL	ORL
	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0
Union Omaha (OMA)	NEW	NTX	TUC	MAD	NTX	TUC	ORL	TRM	CHA	NEW	RIC	FTL	TRM	MAD	GVL	FTL
	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0

USL League One Championship

The game was canceled the day before because several Union Omaha players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).^[4]

October 30, 2020

8:00pm EDT

Greenville Triumph SC	Cancelled	Union Omaha

Legacy Early College Field, Greenville, South Carolina

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
Union Omaha	8	20,000	2,700	2,400	2,500
Greenville Triumph SC	8	5,903	1,513	601	984
North Texas SC	8	7,119 or 7,082	1,137	652 or 615	890 or 885
Richmond Kickers	8	6,274	875	626	784
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	8	4,065	1,000	150	681
Forward Madison FC	8	2,521	540	409	504
Tormenta FC	8	3,200	400	400	400
FC Tucson	8	0	0	0	0
New England Revolution II	8	0	0	0	0
Fort Lauderdale CF	8	0	0	0	0
Orlando City B	7	0	0	0	0
Total	87	49,082 or 49,045	2,700	150	1,002 or 1,001

|note= North Texas vs Forward madison game has two numbers USL League One says 652 while North Texas Website lists it as 615. 49 games had reported attendances.

Statistical leaders

Top scorers Rank Player Nation Club Goals 1 Emiliano Terzaghi ARG Richmond Kickers 10 2 Greg Hurst SCO Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 8 3 Ricky Lopez-Espin USA Fort Lauderdale CF 7 Lachlan McLean AUS Greenville Triumph SC 5 Evan Conway USA Union Omaha 6 6 Ronaldo Damus HAI North Texas SC 5 Jake Keegan USA Greenville Triumph SC Alex Morrell USA Greenville Triumph SC 9 Shak Adams USA FC Tucson 4 Josh Coan USA FC Tucson Nicolas Firmino BRA New England Revolution II Mark Hernández USA Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Justin Rennicks USA New England Revolution II Michael Vang USA Forward Madison FC Nil Vinyals ESP Tormenta FC Source:[19]

Top assists Rank Player Nation Club Assists 1 Alex Morrell USA Greenville Triumph SC 6 Ethan Vanacore-Decker USA Union Omaha 3 Charlie Dennis ENG FC Tucson 5 4 Mark Hernández USA Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 4 Ryley Kraft USA Richmond Kickers Paulo Jr. BRA Forward Madison FC Eduardo Sosa VEN Fort Lauderdale CF Moises Tablante VEN Orlando City B 9 Ian Antley USA Richmond Kickers 3 Edison Azcona DOM Fort Lauderdale CF Matt Bolduc USA Richmond Kickers Ronaldo Damus HAI North Texas SC Azaad Liadi USA FC Tucson Omar Mohamed SOM Greenville Triumph SC Don Smart JAM Forward Madison FC Source:[19]

Clean sheets Rank Player Nation Club Clean sheets 1 Dallas Jaye GUM Greenville Triumph SC 9 2 Rashid Nuhu GHA Union Omaha 6 3 Pablo Jara CHI Tormenta FC 4 4 Carlos Avilez USA North Texas SC 3 Chris Brady USA Forward Madison FC Akira Fitzgerald JPN Richmond Kickers Alex Mangels USA Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Philipp Marceta AUT Forward Madison FC Joe Rice USA New England Revolution II 10 Amal Knight JAM FC Tucson 2 Carlos Merancio MEX FC Tucson Source:[19]

Hat-tricks Player Nation Club Against Result Date None

League awards

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC)^[20]
• Defender of the Year: Brandon Fricke (GVL)^[21]
• Young Player of the Year: Chris Brady (MAD)^[22]
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Dallas Jaye (GVL)^[23]
• Coach of the Year: John Harkes (GVL)^[24]
• Golden Boot: Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC)^[25]
• Assists Champion: Ethan Vanacore-Decker (OMA)^[25]
• Golden Glove: Dallas Jaye (GVL)^[25]
• Goal of the Year: Josh Coan (TUC)^[26]
• Save of the Year: Joe Rice (NEW)^[27]

^[28]

All-League Teams

First team[29]
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Dallas Jaye (GVL)	Justin Che (NTX) Brandon Fricke (GVL) Tyler Polak (GVL) Damià Viader (OMA)	Evan Conway (OMA) Noah Pilato (GVL) Eduardo Sosa (FTL)	Greg Hurst (CHA) Emiliano Terzaghi (RIC) Alex Morrell (GVL)

Second team[29]
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Rashid Nuhu (OMA)	Ian Fray (FTL) Ricky Ruiz (CHA) Connor Tobin (MAD) Collin Verfurth (NEW)	Nicolas Firmino (NEW) Maciel (NEW) Marco Micaletto (TRM)	Edison Azcona (FTL) Lachlan McLean (GVL) Ethan Vanacore-Decker (OMA)

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month			Goal of the Month			Save of the Month		Coach of the Month		References
	Player	Club	Position	Player	Club	Position	Goalkeeper	Club	Coach	Club
July	Jake Keegan	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Forward	Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	John Harkes	Greenville Triumph SC
August	Ethan Vanacore-Decker	Union Omaha	Forward	Ricky Lopez-Espin	Fort Lauderdale CF	Forward	Sam Howard	Union Omaha	Darren Sawatzky	Richmond Kickers
September	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Forward	Noah Pilato	Greenville Triumph SC	Midfielder	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	John Harkes	Greenville Triumph SC
October	Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Forward	Nicolas Firmino	New England Revolution II	Midfielder	Austin Aviza	Orlando City B	Eric Quill	North Texas SC

Weekly awards

Player of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Position	Ref.
1	Alex Morrell	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	[30]
2	Jake Keegan	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	[31]
3	Nil Vinyals	Tormenta FC	Forward	[32]
4	Ethan Vanacore-Decker	Union Omaha	Forward	[33]
5	Don Smart	Forward Madison FC	Midfielder	[34]
6	Azaad Liadi	FC Tucson	Forward	[35]
7	Mark Hernández	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Midfielder	[36]
8	Alex Morrell	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	[37]
9	Sami Guediri	Fort Lauderdale CF	Defender	[38]
10	Curtis Thorn	Tormenta FC	Defender	[39]
11	Ivan Magalhães	Richmond Kickers	Defender	[40]
12	Ronaldo Damus	North Texas SC	Forward	[41]
13	Nicolas Firmino	New England Revolution II	Midfielder	[42]
14	Josh Coan	FC Tucson	Forward	[43]
15	Alex Morrell	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward	[44]

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Opponent	Ref.
1	Alex Morrell	Greenville Triumph SC	Fort Lauderdale CF	[45]
2	Emiliano Terzaghi	Richmond Kickers	Greenville Triumph SC	[46]
3	Nil Vinyals	Tormenta FC	Orlando City B	[47]
4	Ricky Lopez-Espin	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tormenta FC	[48]
5	Ivan Magalhaes	Richmond Kickers	FC Tucson	[49]
6	Edwin Cerrillo	North Texas SC	Union Omaha	[50]
7	Devin Boyce	Union Omaha	FC Tucson	[51]
8	Adolfo Ovalle	Forward Madison FC	New England Revolution II	[52]
9	Edison Azcona	Fort Lauderdale CF	Orlando City B	[53]
10	Noah Pilato	Greenville Triumph SC	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	[54]
11	Josh Coan	FC Tucson	Forward Madison FC	[55]
12	JP Scearce	Union Omaha	Tormenta FC	[56]
13	Nicolas Firmino	New England Revolution II	Fort Lauderdale CF	[57]
14	Damian Rivera	New England Revolution II	North Texas SC	[58]
15	Evan Conway	Union Omaha	Fort Lauderdale CF	[59]

Save of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Opponent	Ref.
1	Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	Fort Lauderdale CF	[60]
2	Dylan Castanheira	Fort Lauderdale CF	FC Tucson	[61]
3	Austin Aviza	Orlando City B	Tormenta FC	[62]
4	Dylan Castanheira	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tormenta FC	[63]
5	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	North Texas SC	[64]
6	Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	Fort Lauderdale CF	[65]
7	Sam Howard	Union Omaha	FC Tucson	[66]
8	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Forward Madison FC	[67]
9	Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	Forward Madison FC	[68]
10	Dylan Castanheira	Fort Lauderdale CF	Tormenta FC	[69]
11	Rashid Nuhu	Union Omaha	Richmond Kickers	[70]
12	Austin Aviza	Orlando City B	Greenville Triumph SC	[71]
13	Dallas Jaye	Greenville Triumph SC	FC Tucson	[72]
14	Austin Aviza	Orlando City B	FC Tucson	[73]
15	Austin Aviza	Orlando City B	Richmond Kickers	[74]

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
1	No Award
2	Rice (NEW)	Jackson (TRM) Batista (NTX) Eliverton (TUC) Polak (GVL)	Micaletto (TRM) Pineda (CHA) Boyce (OMA)	Hurst (CHA) Liadi (TUC) Keegan (GVL)	[31]
3	Fitzgerald (RIC)	Diaz (MAD) Mueller (TRM) Folla (CHA) Viader (OMA)	Vinyals (TRM) Mayr (TRM) Walker (GVL)	Vanacore-Decker (OMA) Conway (OMA) Hurst (CHA)	[32]
4	Jaye (GVL)	Antley (RIC) Rodas (ORL) Hauswirth (OMA)	Sosa (FTL) Terzaghi (RIC) Soto (CHA)	Tablante (ORL) Vanacore-Decker (OMA) Hurst (CHA) Redzic (NTX)	[33]
5	Jaye (GVL)	Magalhães (RIC) Trimmingham (MAD) Álvarez (NTX)	Angking (NEW) Paulo Jr. (MAD) Smart (MAD) Roberts (NTX) Terzaghi (RIC)	Rivera (ORL) McLean (GVL)	[34]
6	Jara (TRM)	Polak (GVL) Antley (RIC) Lockaby (MAD)	Micaletto (TRM) Contreras (OMA) Sosa (FTL) Pilato (GVL)	Adams (TUC) Liadi (TUC) Lopez-Espin (FTL)	[35]
7	Rice (NEW)	Skelton (TRM) Ruiz (CHA) Viader (OMA)	Boyce (OMA) Aguilera (ORL) Kraft (RIC) Terzaghi (RIC)	Hernández (CHA) Firmino (NEW) Zacarías (CHA)	[36]
8	Nuhu (OMA)	Ruiz (CHA) Toyama (MAD) Fray (FTL)	Boyce (OMA) Kraft (RIC) Conway (OMA) Vang (MAD)	Morrell (GVL) Terzaghi (RIC) McLean (GVL)	[37]
9	Zuluaga (FTL)	Murillo (GVL) Guediri (FTL) Sousa (OMA) Ricketts (CHA)	Walker (GVL) Dieterich (CHA) Hernández (CHA)	Smith (NTX) McLean (GVL) Azcona (FTL)	[38]
10	Jara (TRM)	Thorn (TRM) Spaulding (NEW) Fricke (GVL)	Pilato (GVL) Dennis (TUC) Micaletto (TRM) Hernandez (NTX)	Elivelton (TUC) Zacarías (CHA) Firmino (NEW)	[39]
11	Knight (TUC)	Magalhães (RIC) Lee (GVL) Guediri (FTL)	Mendonca (NEW) Kraft (RIC) Sosa (FTL) Sinclair (NEW) Terzaghi (RIC)	Keegan (GVL) Vang (MAD)	[40]
12	Avilez (NTX)	Murillo (GVL) Spaulding (NEW) Waldeck (NTX)	Morrell (GVL) Mendonca (NEW) Otieno (OMA) Maciel (NEW)	Damus (NTX) Conway (OMA) McLean (GVL)	[41]
13	Merancio (TUC)	Munjoma (NTX) Mendonca (NEW) Burgess (NTX)	Mohamed (GVL) Terzaghi (RIC) Bolanos (RIC) Firmino (NEW)	Ramos-Godoy (TUC) McLean (GVL) Bruce (NTX)	[42]
14	Nuhu (OMA)	Skelton (TRM) Biek (TUC) Sousa (OMA)	Vinyals (TRM) Molina (OMA) Rodriguez (NTX) Dennis (TUC)	Conway (OMA) Coan (TUC) Paulo Jr. (MAD)	[43]
15	Avilez (NTX)	Toyama (MAD) Lee (GVL) Waldeck (NTX)	Boyce (OMA) Munjoma (NTX) Morrell (GVL) Mwape (RIC)	Phelps (TRM) Hurst (CHA) Conway (OMA)	[44]
Bold denotes Player of the Week

See also

• USL League One
• 2020 USL Championship season