2024 Forward Madison FC season

The 2024 Forward Madison FC season was the sixth season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in USL League One of the third division of American soccer.

Forward Madison FC

2024 season
Owner	Big Top Events
Chief operating officer	Conor Caloia
Head coach	Matt Glaeser
Stadium	Breese Stevens Field
USL League One	3rd
USL1 Playoffs	Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Second round
USL Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Chaney, Juan Galindrez (6) All: Christian Chaney (12)
Highest home attendance	4,856 (September 21 vs. SPK)
Lowest home attendance	3,346 (May 4 vs. GVL)
Average home league attendance	4,242
Biggest win	3 goals: CV 0–3 MAD (March 29), SPK 0–3 MAD (May 19), MAD 4–1 LEX (June 1)
Biggest defeat	2 goals: CFII 2–0 MAD (April 3, USOC) KNX 2–0 MAD (June 29, USL Cup)
← 2023 2025 →

Review

Forward Madison entered the season as a favorite to contend for the USL League One title, having returned the majority of their roster that reached the playoffs in 2023.^[1]

Derek Gebhard became the team's second player to reach 100 competitive appearances for the club in their June 29th USL Cup game at One Knoxville SC.^[2] He subsequently became the club's all-time appearance leader with his 101st appearance against Richmond Kickers on July 3rd.^[3]

Eric Leonard, who was the first player to reach 100 competitive appearances for Forward Madison, signed a one-day contract to retire with the club and was honored during Forward Madison's home game on July 24th against Central Valley Fuego FC.^[4][5]

Christian Chaney became the first player to reach 20 goals for the club on August 29th with an 85th minute goal against Union Omaha in the 2024 USL Cup.^[6]

Forward Madison clinched the Central Group of the 2024 USL Jägermeister Cup with their shootout win vs. Union Omaha on August 29th, moving on to the knockout round of the competition.^[7] They then won their semifinal match at home vs. Charlotte Independence on September 11th to move on to the final of the competition against Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC.^[8] It was the club's first ever final in any competition.^[9]

Forward Madison clinched a spot in the 2024 USL League One playoffs following their 2–0 home victory over Spokane Velocity FC on September 21st.^[10]

Head coach Matt Glaeser reached his 100th competitive match leading Forward Madison in the club's regular season finale at Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC.^[11]

Club

Roster

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since	On loan from
1	GK		Bernd Schipmann	(1994-07-05) July 5, 1994 (age 31)	2023
2	DF		Michael Chilaka	(2000-02-05) February 5, 2000 (age 25)	2024
4	DF		Mitch Osmond	(1994-03-11) March 11, 1994 (age 31)	2022
5	DF		Timmy Mehl	(1995-08-31) August 31, 1995 (age 29)	2023
6	MF		John Murphy	(2000-04-19) April 19, 2000 (age 25)	2024
7	MF		Wolfgang Prentice	(2000-04-25) April 25, 2000 (age 25)	2024	Oakland Roots SC
8	MF		Devin Boyce	(1996-09-08) September 8, 1996 (age 28)	2024
9	FW		Christian Chaney	(1994-09-08) September 8, 1994 (age 30)	2023
10	MF		Aiden Mesias	(1999-10-23) October 23, 1999 (age 25)	2023
11	FW		Cherif Dieye	(1997-11-11) November 11, 1997 (age 27)	2024
12	FW		Garrett McLaughlin	(1997-11-10) November 10, 1997 (age 27)	2024
14	FW		Mauro Cichero	(1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 30)	2023
16	DF		Jake Crull	(1997-10-03) October 3, 1997 (age 27)	2023
17	FW		Derek Gebhard	(1995-10-15) October 15, 1995 (age 29)	2021
19	FW		Juan Galindrez	(1994-07-04) July 4, 1994 (age 31)	2024
20	FW		Agustín Dávila	(1999-01-05) January 5, 1999 (age 26)	2024
21	MF		Jimmie Villalobos	(1995-07-21) July 21, 1995 (age 30)	2024	One Knoxville SC
22	DF		Stephen Payne	(1997-06-16) June 16, 1997 (age 28)	2023
24	FW		Nazeem Bartman	(1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 31)	2022
25	DF		Ferrety Sousa	(1990-12-25) December 25, 1990 (age 34)	2024
99	GK		Martin Sanchez	(2000-07-04) July 4, 2000 (age 25)	2023

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Matt Glaeser	Head coach and technical director
Neil Hlavaty	Assistant coach
Jim Launder	Assistant coach
John Pascarella	Assistant coach
Aaron Hohlbein	Assistant coach

Front office staff

Name	Position
Conor Caloia	Chief operating officer
Vern Stenman	President
Keith Tiemeyer	Director of Soccer Operations & Development

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Player	Last team	Type	Ref.
December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)	FW	Cherif Dieye	Central Valley Fuego FC	Free transfer	[12]
January 4, 2024 (2024-01-04)	MF	Devin Boyce	Greenville Triumph SC	Free transfer	[13]
January 10, 2024 (2024-01-10)	DF	Michael Chilaka	San Diego Loyal SC	Free transfer	[14]
January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)	FW	Juan Galindrez	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Free transfer	[15]
January 17, 2024 (2024-01-17)	MF	John Murphy	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Free transfer	[16]
January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	Oakland Roots SC	Loan	[17]
January 24, 2024 (2024-01-24)	MF	Jimmie Villalobos	One Knoxville SC	Loan	[18]
January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)	DF	Ferrety Sousa	Sacramento Republic FC	Free transfer	[19]
January 31, 2024 (2024-01-31)	FW	Agustín Dávila	Boston River	Free transfer	[20]
March 14, 2024 (2024-03-14)	DF	Jake Fuderer	Chicago Fire FC II	Free transfer	[21]
June 25, 2024 (2024-06-25)	FW	Garrett McLaughlin	North Carolina FC	Paid transfer	[22][23]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Type	Ref.
November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06)	MF	Julio Benitez	Real Salt Lake	End of loan
November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06)	DF	Jason Ramos	Minnesota United FC 2	End of loan
December 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)	MF	Eric Conerty		Contract expired
December 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)	FW	Francis Jno-Baptiste		Contract expired
December 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)	MF	Ozzie Ramos		Contract expired
December 29, 2023 (2023-12-29)	MF	Pierre da Silva	Universidad César Vallejo	Free transfer	[24]
January 4, 2024 (2024-01-04)	FW	Jayden Onen	Lexington SC	Free transfer	[25]
January 10, 2024 (2024-01-10)	DF	Sam Brotherton		Retired	[26]
January 10, 2024 (2024-01-10)	DF	Robert Screen	Chattanooga FC	Free transfer	[27]
January 25, 2024 (2024-01-25)	MF	Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu		Retired	[28]
February 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)	MF	Isidro Martinez	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	Free transfer	[29]
February 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)	MF	Tino Vasquez	River Light FC	Free transfer	[30]
April 8, 2024 (2024-04-08)	DF	Jake Fuderer		Contract expired

Exhibitions

Minnesota United FC 2 v Forward Madison FC

February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16) Preseason 1	Minnesota United FC 2	v	Forward Madison FC	Blaine, Minnesota
10:00 AM CST				Stadium: National Sports Center
Note: Closed to the public. Score and stats were not announced.

Chicago Fire FC II v Forward Madison FC

February 23, 2024 (2024-02-23) Preseason 2	Chicago Fire FC II	1–3	Forward Madison FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
10:00 AM CST		Report	Crull Sousa Trialist	Stadium: Bridgeview Sports Dome
Note: Closed to the public.

Indy Eleven v Forward Madison FC

March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01) Preseason 3	Indy Eleven	v	Forward Madison FC	Westfield, Indiana
2:00 PM EST				Stadium: Grand Park Sports Campus
Note: Cancelled in lieu of a multi-team training session between Indy Eleven, Forward Madison FC, and Detroit City FC.[31]

St. Louis City 2 v Forward Madison FC

March 9, 2024 (2024-03-09) Preseason 4	St. Louis City 2	v	Forward Madison FC	St. Louis, Missouri
12:00 PM CST				Stadium: Washington University Orthopedics High Performance Center
Note: Closed to the public. Score and stats were not announced.

Forward Madison FC v Wisconsin Badgers

April 20, 2024 (2024-04-20) Midseason 1	Forward Madison FC	1–1 (5–6 p)	Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin
5:00 PM CDT	Dávila  20', 68' Sousa  54' Murphy  60'	Report	60' 75'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
	Penalties
	Gebhard Crull Bartman Galindrez Dieye Mehl Prentice		Crockford Baldvinsson Zachemski Hrvojevic Andrews #15 Fleming

Forward Madison FC v C.D. Tapatío

June 25, 2024 (2024-06-25) Midseason 2	Forward Madison FC	1–2	C.D. Tapatío	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Murphy  42' Dieye  43' Martínez 49' (o.g.) Boyce  75'	Report	Rey 21' Palma 28' (G. García) Guajardo  29' Sanchez  47'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

Forward Madison FC v Chicago House AC

September 14, 2024 (2024-09-14) Midseason 3	Forward Madison FC	5–1	Chicago House AC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	McLaughlin 15' (Dávila), 36' Dávila  33' Trialist #33 53' (Trialist #26) Trialist #38 66' (Trialist #33), 88' Trialist #26  87'	Report	Avalos 9' Waddington  57' Angeles  59' Dilworth  85'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
Note: Moved from its original date of July 24th to accommodate the rescheduling of Forward Madison FC's abandoned July 13th match vs. Central Valley Fuego FC.[32]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
USL League One	March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)	October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26)	Matchday 1	3rd	22	10	9	3	35	18	+17	045.45
USL1 Playoffs	November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)	November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00
U.S. Open Cup	March 19, 2024 (2024-03-19)	April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03)	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
USL Cup	April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)	September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28)	Group stage	Runners-up	10	6	2	2	13	10	+3	060.00
Total					36	18	12	6	52	30	+22	050.00

Source: Competitions

USL League One

Main article: 2024 USL League One season

Standings

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

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 Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (S) Players' Shield winner

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	9	3	35	18	+17	39	6	4	1	17	8	+9	4	5	2	18	10	+8

Source: USL League One^[33]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L
Position	5	9	6	6	5	4	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	3
Points	1	2	5	6	9	12	15	16	19	19	22	22	23	24	25	28	31	32	35	38	39	39

Source: USL League One^[34]
H = Home; A = Away; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

South Georgia Tormenta FC v Forward Madison FC

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16) 1	South Georgia Tormenta FC	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Statesboro, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Fonseca  90+2' Watson 90+6' Spengler  90+10'	Report	Galindrez  39' Boyce 69' (Bartman),  90+6' Schipmann  87'	Stadium: Optim Sports Medicine Field at Tormenta Stadium Attendance: 940 Referee: Adam Brzozowiec

Greenville Triumph SC v Forward Madison FC

March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) 2	Greenville Triumph SC	0–0	Forward Madison FC	Greenville, South Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Corvino  38' Polak  61' Castro  66'	Report	Murphy  9' Mehl  33' Chaney  55' Chilaka  90+4'	Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 1,683 Referee: Wes Caouette

Central Valley Fuego FC v Forward Madison FC

March 29, 2024 (2024-03-29) 3	Central Valley Fuego FC	0–3	Forward Madison FC	Fresno, California
7:00 PM PDT	John-Brown  17' Vasquez  20' Dabo  40' Mendiola  53' Carrera-García  56'  61'	Report	Gebhard  11', 28' Murphy 42' (Gebhard) Chilaka  44' Boyce 45+4' (Galindrez)	Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: 740 Referee: Mark Verso

Forward Madison FC v Richmond Kickers

April 13, 2024 (2024-04-13) 4	Forward Madison FC	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 28' (Boyce) Boyce  46' Mehl  54'  86' Dávila 72' (Prentice) Murphy  77'	Report	Schenfeld 45+7' (Morán),  77' Billhardt 64' (Bosua) Simmonds  88' Fitch  90+9'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,821 Referee: Alex Beehler

Forward Madison FC v Greenville Triumph SC

May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04) 5	Forward Madison FC	3–2	Greenville Triumph SC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Prentice 1' (Bartman) Boyce  15' Chaney 55' (pen.) Chilaka  66' Osmond  72' Galindrez 90+2' (Dieye)	Report	Smith 44' (pen.) Castro 53' (MacKinnon) Zakowski  58' Polak  69' Lee  73'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,346 Referee: Joe Surgan

One Knoxville SC v Forward Madison FC

May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08)	One Knoxville SC	Postponed	Forward Madison FC	Knoxville, Tennessee
6:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Regal Stadium
Note: Postponed due to inclement weather in the Knoxville area.[35] Match rescheduled for October 1st.[36]

Spokane Velocity FC v Forward Madison FC

May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) 6	Spokane Velocity FC	0–3	Forward Madison FC	Spokane, Washington
3:00 PM PDT	Smith  17'	Report	Villalobos 22' (Chaney) Boyce 44' (Prentice) Mesias 63' (Chaney) Crull  72' Schipmann  90+1'	Stadium: One Spokane Stadium Attendance: 4,047 Referee: Christopher Calderon

Forward Madison FC v Lexington SC

June 1, 2024 (2024-06-01) 7	Forward Madison FC	4–1	Lexington SC	Madison, Wisconsin
5:00 PM CDT	Chaney 3' (Gebhard), 20' Mesias 9' Mehl  50' Schipmann  84' Murphy 90+2' (Galindrez),  90+3'	Report	Diouf  26' Caputo  31' Balogun  45+5', 56' (pen.) Ackon  59'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,556 Referee: Lukasz Jozefecki

Forward Madison FC v South Georgia Tormenta FC

June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15) 8	Forward Madison FC	0–0	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Madison, Wisconsin
2:00 PM CDT		Report	Ramos  81' Spengler  83'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,621 Referee: Joe Surgan

Forward Madison FC v Union Omaha

June 20, 2024 (2024-06-20) 9	Forward Madison FC	2–0	Union Omaha	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Chaney 40' (pen.) Murphy  84' Prentice 90+5',  90+6'	Report	Mastrantonio  23' PC  39' Gallardo  42' Malone  83'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,076 Referee: Atahan Yaya

Richmond Kickers v Forward Madison FC

July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03) 10	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Forward Madison FC	Richmond, Virginia
8:00 PM EDT	Terzaghi 22' (Billhardt) Morán  81' O'Dwyer  90+3', 90+11' (Vinyals) Billhardt  90+6'	Report	Boyce  49' Mesias  65' Crull  87' Galindrez 90' (Dávila),  90+1' Mehl  90+10'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,574 Referee: Rafael Santos

Forward Madison FC v Central Valley Fuego FC

July 13, 2024 (2024-07-13)	Forward Madison FC	Abandoned	Central Valley Fuego FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Chaney 22'	Report	Crull 35' (o.g.)	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Referee: Mario Maric
Note: Abandoned in the 36th minute due to inclement weather in Madison.[37] Match rescheduled for July 24th.[32]

Forward Madison FC v Central Valley Fuego FC

July 24, 2024 (2024-07-24) 11	Forward Madison FC	2–1	Central Valley Fuego FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Chaney 38' (Crull),  90+2' Payne  54' Boyce 66' (Prentice) Sousa  88'	Report	Carrera-García  30' Mariona 50' (Midence) Cromwell  57'  78' Torr  75'  90+3' Yaya  90+1' Midence  90+7'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Mario Maric
Note: Replay of abandoned match on July 13th.[32]

Forward Madison FC v Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC

July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27) 12	Forward Madison FC	0–1	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Chilaka  19' Mesias  35'	Report	King 2' (Rendón)	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Erick Lezama

Union Omaha v Forward Madison FC

August 3, 2024 (2024-08-03) 13	Union Omaha	2–2	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT	Mastrantonio  12' Dos Santos  53', 63' (Gallardo) Dolabella  60', 71' (Schneider) Gómez  63' Gallardo  89'	Report	Villalobos  37' Galindrez 47' (McLaughlin) Chilaka  64' Crull 90+5' (Prentice) Murphy  90+9' Chaney  90+9'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov

Forward Madison FC v Charlotte Independence

August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14) 14	Forward Madison FC	0–0	Charlotte Independence	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Villalobos  20' Murphy  53' Chaney  73' Sousa  90+5'	Report	Belmar  90+5'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,232 Referee: Rafael Santos

Lexington SC v Forward Madison FC

August 24, 2024 (2024-08-24) 15	Lexington SC	0–0	Forward Madison FC	Georgetown, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT	Corrales  45+1' Méndez  45+5' Caputo  66'	Report	McLaughlin  53' Chilaka  54' Cichero  80' Boyce  90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Amin Hadzic

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC v Forward Madison FC

September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) 16	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	1–3	Forward Madison FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:30 PM EDT	Marsh 13' (P. Hernández) Lukic  17' Roberts  29' Jnohope  34'	Report	Boyce  35' Galindrez 45' (Gebhard) Sousa  60' Prentice 65' (Villalobos) Mesias 72' (Payne) Chaney  90+3'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,188 Referee: Igor Bych

Forward Madison FC v Spokane Velocity FC

September 21, 2024 (2024-09-21) 17	Forward Madison FC	2–0	Spokane Velocity FC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Murphy 16' (Gebhard) Mehl  45+2' Prentice  53' Gebhard 66' (Murphy) Cichero  90'	Report	Dolling  42' Akale  59'  59' J. Gil  61' Lage  75'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,856 Referee: Fevzi Demirhan
Note: Delayed from original start time of 5:00 PM CDT by weather.

One Knoxville SC v Forward Madison FC

October 1, 2024 (2024-10-01) 18	One Knoxville SC	1–1	Forward Madison FC	Knoxville, Tennessee
6:30 PM EDT	Skelton  33' Thomas  44' Ross 51' (Tekiela) Ballard  56' Haugli  78'	Report	Dieye  26' Galindrez  28', 40' Sousa  48'	Stadium: Regal Stadium Attendance: 1,310 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Note: Makeup of postponed match on May 8th.[36]

Charlotte Independence v Forward Madison FC

October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04) 19	Charlotte Independence	2–4	Forward Madison FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Dutey  6' Ngah 19' Álvarez  45+4' Johnson  56' Ndiaye  65' Obregón 89' (Corea)	Report	Chilaka 39' (Crull) Boyce 45+4' Galindrez 55' (Gebhard) Dávila 82' (Chaney)	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 612 Referee: Mario Maric

Forward Madison FC v Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12) 20	Forward Madison FC	2–1	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Mesias 52' Murphy  72' Chaney 90+2' (pen.),  90+5' Boyce  90+9' Dieye  90+11'	Report	P. Hernández  16' Lukic  21' O. Hernandez  37' Mensah  49', 66' (Coutinho) Knapp  84'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,440 Referee: Atahan Yaya
Note: Delayed from original start time of 5:00 PM CDT by weather.

Forward Madison FC v One Knoxville SC

October 19, 2024 (2024-10-19) 21	Forward Madison FC	0–0	One Knoxville SC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Boyce  48' Prentice  63' Cichero  84' Dieye  90+4'	Report	Calixtro  32'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Erick Lezama

Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC v Forward Madison FC

October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26) 22	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Windsor, Colorado
8:00 PM MDT	Martinez  19' Hoard  36' Rendón 82' (Gill) Powder  85'	Report	Murphy  24' Chilaka  89'	Stadium: 4Rivers Equipment Stadium Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Olvin Oliva

USL League One Playoffs

Main article: 2024 USL League One Playoffs

	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

Forward Madison entered the 2024 USL League One Playoffs as the third seed.

Forward Madison FC v Charlotte Independence

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) Quarterfinals	Forward Madison FC	2–0	Charlotte Independence	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 38' (Boyce),  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 Assistant referees: Chris Schurfranz, Austin Holt Fourth official: Igor Bych

Forward Madison FC v Spokane Velocity FC

November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09) Semifinals	Forward Madison FC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (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 Assistant referees: Matt Trotter, Amilcar Sicaju Fourth official: Ricardo Fierro
	Penalties
	Boyce McLaughlin Dieye Villalobos Chaney		Dolling Peláez González Lewis Fernandez

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup

As an independent member of USL League One, Forward Madison FC participated in the 2024 U.S. Open Cup. They entered the competition in the first round, taking place between March 19-21, 2024.

Forward Madison FC v Duluth FC

March 19, 2024 (2024-03-19) First round	Forward Madison FC	2–0	Duluth FC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Chaney 9' (Fuderer), 53' (Sousa) Sousa  70'	Report	Pickering  20' Nakhid  86'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Peter Bernardy

Chicago Fire FC II v Forward Madison FC

April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03) Second round	Chicago Fire FC II	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Poręba 11' Osorio  23' Shokalook  79', 90' Oregel  84' Glasgow  90+5'	Report	Mehl  68' Sousa  74' Galindrez  90+5'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 198 Referee: Carlos Rodriguez

USL Jägermeister Cup

Main article: 2024 USL Cup

2024 featured the first edition of the USL Jägermeister Cup,^[38] USL League One's first intra-league cup competition. Each team played the other three teams in their group twice, home and away, and played two teams in other groups. If a game is tied at the end of regulation, a penalty kick shootout determined who gets an extra point in the standings. The top team from each group, plus the team with the most goals scored of the teams that did not win their group, advanced to a knockout round.^[39][40]

Standings — Central Group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forward Madison FC	8	5	1	0	2	10	8	+2	17	Advanced to knockout stage
2	One Knoxville SC	8	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	15
3	Lexington SC	8	3	2	1	2	10	10	0	14
4	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	8	1	1	1	5	10	15	−5	6

Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goals for in cup match play (only for determining wild card); 3) head-to-head points earned in small group play; 4) total wins in small group play; 5) total wins in all cup matches; 6) goals for in small group play; 7) goals for in cup match play; 8) goals assisted in cup match play; 9) goal differential in cup match play; 10) disciplinary points; 11) coin toss.

Results summary

Overall									Home							Away
Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD
8	5	1	0	2	10	8	+2	17	3	1	0	0	7	4	+3	2	0	0	2	3	4	−1

Source: USL League One^[41]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Stadium	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H
Result	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	SW
Position	4	3	2	1	3	1	1	1
Points	0	3	6	9	9	12	15	17

Source: USL League One^[42]
H = Home; A = Away; W = Win; SW = Shootout win; SL = Shootout loss; L = Loss

Group stage matches

Lexington SC v Forward Madison FC

April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28) 1	Lexington SC	1–0	Forward Madison FC	Georgetown, Kentucky
4:00 PM EDT	Onen  45+4' Robertson  56' Yankam  79'  88' Fox 90+4' (Corrales)	Report	Mesias  21' Dávila  21' Chilaka  28' Boyce  53' Crull  90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,295 Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Charlotte Independence v Forward Madison FC

May 11, 2024 (2024-05-11) 2	Charlotte Independence	1–2	Forward Madison FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
1:00 PM EDT	Sorenson  42' Obregón 64' Djedje  75'	Report	Chaney 2' (Crull) Crull  71' Gebhard 79' (Chaney) Murphy  85' Mesias  90+1'	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 798 Referee: Rafael Santos

Forward Madison FC v One Knoxville SC

May 25, 2024 (2024-05-25) 3	Forward Madison FC	1–0	One Knoxville SC	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Gebhard 19' Mehl  46' Osmond  49' Sousa  55' Schipmann  78' Chaney  84'	Report	Calixtro  37'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Amin Hadzic

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC v Forward Madison FC

June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08) 4	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	0–1	Forward Madison FC	East Ridge, Tennessee
7:30 PM EDT	Gómez  17' O. Hernandez  21' Roberts  70'	Report	Boyce  27' Galindrez 43' (Sousa) Prentice  71' Crull  90+4' Payne  90+6'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,403 Referee: Stearne Briem

One Knoxville SC v Forward Madison FC

June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29) 5	One Knoxville SC	2–0	Forward Madison FC	Knoxville, Tennessee
7:30 PM EDT	Haugli  20' Crisler  54' Ross 58' (Ritchie) Ritchie 66' Machell  90+10'	Report	Villalobos  4' McLaughlin  57' Boyce  66' Murphy  90+10'	Stadium: Regal Stadium Attendance: 1,696 Referee: Edson Carvajal

Forward Madison FC v Lexington SC

July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20) 6	Forward Madison FC	1–0	Lexington SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Prentice 77' (Osmond),  90+3' Chaney  90+5'	Report	Uche  40'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,571 Referee: Ryan Shanklin

Forward Madison FC v Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

August 10, 2024 (2024-08-10) 7	Forward Madison FC	2–1	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	McLaughlin 20' Sousa  22' Boyce 69' Schipmann  90+7' Prentice  90+9'	Report	Coutinho 14' (Malango) Ualefi  38' Marsh  45' Fernandes  67' Folla  68' Green  90+9'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,631 Referee: John Matto

Forward Madison FC v Union Omaha

August 29, 2024 (2024-08-29) 8	Forward Madison FC	3–3 (5–4 p)	Union Omaha	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	Prentice 2' (Mehl),  64' Galindrez  16' Milanese 23' (o.g.) Chaney  45+4', 85' (Villalobos) Dieye  81'	Report	Lewis 29' Mastrantonio  45+2' Kunga  65' Dolabella 71' (Jiba) Dos Santos 73' Gallardo  80' Gómez  87'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 3,676 Referee: Edson Carvajal
	Penalties
	Boyce McLaughlin Gebhard Dieye Chaney		Dolabella Gallardo Milanese Gómez Rodríguez

Knockout stage

	Semifinals September 11					Final September 28
	W1	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	2
	WC	Union Omaha	0
						W1	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	1(5)
						C1	Forward Madison FC	1(4)
	C1	Forward Madison FC	2
	E1	Charlotte Independence	1

Forward Madison entered the USL Cup knockout stage as the second seed, having won the Central Group, and earning fewer points than West Group winner Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC and more points than East Group winner Charlotte Independence.

Knockout stage matches

Forward Madison FC v Charlotte Independence

September 11, 2024 (2024-09-11) Semifinals	Forward Madison FC	2–1	Charlotte Independence	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 PM CDT	Osmond 34',  65' Chaney 47',  49'  67' Villalobos  90+8'	Report	Álvarez  33', 45+2' (Johnson) Ndiaye  82' Ibarra  90' Akyeampong  90+4'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 1,483 Referee: Joshua Encarnación Assistant referees: Tom Felice, Zeno Cho Fourth official: Jeremy Scheer

Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC v Forward Madison FC

September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28) Final	Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC	1–1 (5–4 p)	Forward Madison FC	Windsor, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT	Rendón 12' Gill  38' Opara  70'	Report	Chaney 9' Galindrez  88'	Stadium: 4Rivers Equipment Stadium Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Greg Dopka Assistant referees: Nicholas Balcer, Ben Rigel Fourth official: Eric Tattersall Fifth official: Matt Trotter
	Penalties
	Langlois Hernández Powder García Hoard		Boyce McLaughlin Mesias Crull Chaney

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	USL1 Season			USL1 Playoffs			U.S. Open Cup			USL Cup			Total
				Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals	Apps	Starts	Goals
1	GK		Bernd Schipmann	22	22	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	33	33	0
2	DF		Michael Chilaka	17	13	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	7	4	0	27	20	1
4	DF		Mitch Osmond	19	19	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	8	1	28	28	1
5	DF		Timmy Mehl	17	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	8	8	0	26	26	0
6	MF		John Murphy	19	13	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	9	5	0	31	20	3
7	MF		Wolfgang Prentice	21	5	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	9	8	2	33	15	5
8	MF		Devin Boyce	20	19	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	10	9	1	32	29	7
9	FW		Christian Chaney	18	14	6	2	2	0	1	1	2	9	7	4	29	23	12
10	MF		Aiden Mesias	14	9	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	9	5	0	25	16	4
11	FW		Cherif Dieye	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	21	2	0
12	FW		Garrett McLaughlin[a]	11	4	0	2	0	0				5	2	1	17	6	1
14	FW		Mauro Cichero	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	8	2	0
16	DF		Jake Crull	20	17	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	10	10	0	33	30	1
17	FW		Derek Gebhard	22	20	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	10	6	2	34	27	6
19	FW		Juan Galindrez	22	15	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	10	5	1	35	20	7
20	FW		Agustín Dávila	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	16	3	2
21	MF		Jimmie Villalobos	21	20	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	10	10	0	33	31	1
22	DF		Stephen Payne	22	20	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	9	5	0	34	28	0
24	FW		Nazeem Bartman	7	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	0	13	8	0
25	DF		Ferrety Sousa	22	10	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	8	5	0	33	16	0
99	GK		Martin Sanchez	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Players who left Forward Madison FC during the season
26	DF		Jake Fuderer	0	0	0				2	1	0				2	1	0

1. Joined Forward Madison FC after the team was eliminated from the 2024 U.S. Open Cup.

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season	USL1 Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	USL Cup	Total
1	FW	Christian Chaney	6	0	2	4	12
2	MF	Devin Boyce	5	1	0	1	7
	FW	Juan Galindrez	6	0	0	1	7
4	FW	Derek Gebhard	3	1	0	2	6
5	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	3	0	0	2	5
6	MF	Aiden Mesias	4	0	0	0	4
7	MF	John Murphy	3	0	0	0	3
8	FW	Agustín Dávila	2	0	0	0	2
9	DF	Michael Chilaka	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Jake Crull	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Garrett McLaughlin	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	Mitch Osmond	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Jimmie Villalobos	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal			0	0	0	1	1
Total			35	2	2	13	52

Assist scorers

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season	USL1 Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	USL Cup	Total
1	FW	Derek Gebhard	5	0	0	0	5
	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	4	0	0	1	5
3	FW	Christian Chaney	3	0	0	1	4
4	DF	Jake Crull	2	0	0	1	3
5	FW	Nazeem Bartman	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Devin Boyce	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	Juan Galindrez	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	Ferrety Sousa	0	0	1	1	2
	MF	Jimmie Villalobos	1	0	0	1	2
10	FW	Agustín Dávila	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Cherif Dieye	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Jake Fuderer	0	0	1	0	1
	FW	Garrett McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Timmy Mehl	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	John Murphy	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Mitch Osmond	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	Stephen Payne	1	0	0	0	1
Total			25	1	2	7	35

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	USL1 Season	USL1 Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	USL Cup	Total
1	Bernd Schipmann	9	2	0	3	14
2	Martin Sanchez	0	0	1	0	1
Total		9	2	1	3	15

Disciplinary record

Rank	Position	Name	USL1 Season			USL1 Playoffs			U.S. Open Cup			USL Cup			Total
1	FW	Christian Chaney	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	11	1	0
2	MF	Devin Boyce	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	0	0
	DF	Timmy Mehl	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
4	MF	John Murphy	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0
5	DF	Michael Chilaka	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
	DF	Ferrety Sousa	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
7	MF	Wolfgang Prentice	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	0	0
8	FW	Mauro Cichero	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
	FW	Juan Galindrez	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
10	DF	Jake Crull	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0
	GK	Bernd Schipmann	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
	MF	Jimmie Villalobos	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
13	FW	Cherif Dieye	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	MF	Aiden Mesias	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
15	DF	Mitch Osmond	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
16	FW	Derek Gebhard	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	FW	Garrett McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Stephen Payne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW	Agustín Dávila	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total			57	1	1	3	0	0	4	0	0	29	1	0	93	2	1

Honors and awards

USL League One Yearly Awards

Individual awards

Award	Finish	Player	Ref.
Defender of the Year	Finalist	Mitch Osmond	[43]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Finalist	Bernd Schipmann
Comeback Player of the Year	Finalist	Devin Boyce	[44]

All-League Team

Team	Position	Player	Ref.
First	MF	Devin Boyce	[45]
First	DF	Mitch Osmond
Second	MF	Jimmie Villalobos

USL League One Monthly Awards

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Ref.
June	Matt Glaeser	[46]

USL League One Weekly Awards

Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref.
4	John Murphy	Central Valley Fuego FC	[47][48]
15	Christian Chaney	Central Valley Fuego FC	[49][50]
21	John Murphy	Spokane Velocity FC	[51][52]
23	Aiden Mesias	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	[53][54]

Team of the Week

Week	Position	Player	Ref.
2	MF	Devin Boyce	[55]
3	GK	Bernd Schipmann	[56]
	Bench	Timmy Mehl
4	MF	Devin Boyce	[57]
	FW	Derek Gebhard
	MF	John Murphy
	DF	Mitch Osmond
	GK	Bernd Schipmann
	Bench	Timmy Mehl
6	MF	Devin Boyce	[58]
9	Coach	Matt Glaeser	[59]
	FW	Christian Chaney
	GK	Bernd Schipmann
	Bench	Wolfgang Prentice
	Bench	Jimmie Villalobos
10	Coach	Matt Glaeser	[60]
	FW	Christian Chaney
	MF	Derek Gebhard
	MF	Aiden Mesias
	Bench	Bernd Schipmann
11	DF	Mitch Osmond	[61]
	GK	Bernd Schipmann
12	Bench	Bernd Schipmann	[62]
13	Bench	Juan Galindrez	[63]
15	DF	Timmy Mehl	[64]
	Bench	Devin Boyce
	Bench	Jake Crull
16	DF	Jake Crull	[65]
17	Bench	Bernd Schipmann	[66]
19	Bench	Wolfgang Prentice	[67]
	Bench	Jimmie Villalobos
21	FW	Derek Gebhard	[68]
	MF	John Murphy
22	DF	Michael Chilaka	[69]
	DF	Jake Crull
	FW	Juan Galindrez
	MF	John Murphy
23	FW	Christian Chaney	[70]
	MF	Aiden Mesias
	GK	Bernd Schipmann
24	GK	Bernd Schipmann	[71]

USL Jägermeister Cup Awards

Goal of the Round

Round	Player	Opponent	Ref.
4	Juan Galindrez	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	[72][73]
7	Devin Boyce	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	[74][75]

Save of the Round

Round	Player	Opponent	Ref.
8	Bernd Schipmann	Union Omaha	[76][77]

Team of the Round

Round	Position	Player	Ref.
2	FW	Christian Chaney	[78]
4	DF	Ferrety Sousa	[79]
6	DF	Mitch Osmond	[80]
7	MF	Devin Boyce	[81]
	FW	Garrett McLaughlin
8	FW	Christian Chaney	[82]
	MF	Jimmie Villalobos